EP0161779A1 - Système d'identification - Google Patents

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EP0161779A1
EP0161779A1 EP85302365A EP85302365A EP0161779A1 EP 0161779 A1 EP0161779 A1 EP 0161779A1 EP 85302365 A EP85302365 A EP 85302365A EP 85302365 A EP85302365 A EP 85302365A EP 0161779 A1 EP0161779 A1 EP 0161779A1
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  • the present invention relates to an identification system, wherein a first unit commonly referred to as a transmitter, interrogator or decoder is operative to identify one or a plurality of second units commonly referred to as responders or transponders.
  • the first unit will be referred to as an interrogator, such interrogator being operative to transmit a signal over a range (for example 1 metre) and to detect a signal generated by a second unit located within the range.
  • a range for example 1 metre
  • the second units will be referred to as transponders, each transponder being operative to detect the signal generated by the interrogator, and to emit in response to such detection a signal for reception by the interrogator.
  • Such identification systems are well known and are in general use for access control systems, for animal identification, for vehicle identification and for the identfication of valuable goods or partially assembled items on a production line.
  • an interrogator is installed near a security door and interrogates transponders in the form of tags carried by personel wishing to gain access to the door.
  • an identification system comprising an interrogator and a plurality of transponders, the interrogator having transmission means (TX1) for transmitting an interrogation signal, each transponder having receiver means (30)for receiving the interrogation signal and having means (50,84) operative in response to reception of the interrogation signal to transmit a reply signal comprising a first coded identification signal, characterised by the interrogator having means (RX1) for receiving the reply signal and checking the reply signal, and having means (10) for resolving contention between reply signals from different transponders which arrive at the interrogator over-lapping in time.
  • TX1 transmission means for transmitting an interrogation signal
  • each transponder having receiver means (30)for receiving the interrogation signal and having means (50,84) operative in response to reception of the interrogation signal to transmit a reply signal comprising a first coded identification signal, characterised by the interrogator having means (RX1) for receiving the reply signal and checking the reply signal, and having means (10) for resolving contention between reply
  • the interrogator transmits a continuous unmodulated signal which is detected by a transponder.
  • the circuits within the transponder are arranged automatically to retrieve from a memory store coded data uniquely characterising that transponder.
  • This coded data is modulated on a signal which is transmitted from the transponder and is detected by the interrogator.
  • the coded data is of predetermined length and data format and the interrogator checks the error correction infomation etc. in the data to ascertain whether a valid signal has been received from the transponder or whether the signal from the transponder has been subject to interference for example from another transponder simultaneously transmitting.
  • the interrogator re-transmits the signal it has received and this is compared in the transponder with the data stored therein. If correspondence is achieved then the transponder switches off,thus signalling to the interrogator that it has been identified. If however because of signal interference there is no correspondence in the transponder, the transponder continues transmitting until a valid signal is received by the interrogator.
  • the interrogator is arranged to poll transponders within its range by transmitting a signal modulated with the identification code of a particular transponder. All the transponders within range receive the data and compare the data received with the data contained in store. If correspondence is achieved the transponder transmits an acknowledgement signal, sets up an instruction register to receive a further instruction from the interrogator, and then switches to a power down condition. If no correspondence is achieved the transponder stays silent.
  • the transponder may contain several pages of data which need to be changed. In such a case once a transponder has been set up for further instructions by means of a polling operation, the fresh data is transmitted from the interrogator page by page to replace the original data. As each page is received by the transponder, the transponder re-transmits the data to the interrogator where it is checked with the original data sent for correctness.
  • an identification system including an interrogator and a plurality of transponders, each; transponder having stored therein a first coded identification signal unique to that transponder, wherein in response to interrogation by the interrogator each transponder transmits the first coded identification signal, characterised in that the interrogator includes means for receiving and checking the first identification signal and means (TXI) for transmitting in reply the first or a second identification signal to the transponder, the transponder including processor means for inspecting the reply signal received from the interrogator means and taking a predetermined course of action in response to the result of the identification.
  • this operation occurs in real time so that while the transponder is still transmitting data, the interrogator "echoes" the data back to the transponder where the transponder can check the data with the data which is being transmitted. This is the basis of the contention operation and ensures a speedy resolution of contention to ensure identification of all transponders.
  • an identification system including an interrogator and a plurality of transponders each transponder having stored therein a first coded identification signal unique to that transponder characterised in that the interrogator includes processor means for sending a second coded identification signal unique to a selected transponder to a transmission means (TXI)of the interrogator, the transmission occurring independently of transmission from the transponder, and each transponder including means for inspecting the second signal received by the transponder, and in the event of correspondence between the second signal and said first coded identification signal stored by the transponder, the transponder is arranged to transmit an acknowledgement signal.
  • TXI transmission means
  • the interrogator may poll the transponders, and where a transponder recognises the information transmitted by the interrogator it may set up an instruction register to receive further instructions from the interrogator.
  • Such further instructions may comprise the replacement of the data within the memory store of the transponder, and where the data comprises a plurality of pages, the pages may be sent sequentially by the interrogator, each page when it is received by the transponder being re-transmitted to the interrogator for comparison by the interrogator with the data originally transmitted for correctness.
  • an identification system including an interrogator and a plurality of transponders characterised in that a transmission means (TX1) of the interrogator includes phase modulation means for modulating data onto a carrier signal, and each transponder includes means for detecting the interrogator signal comprising a phase locked loop for demodulating the interrogator signal to provide a data signal (DATA) representing the data modulated on the carrier signal and a check signal (CLOCK) derived from the interrogator signal and the transponder including means for integrating the interrogator signal to provide a continuous carrier detect signal and the transponder being responsive to the carrier detect signal to switch to a power on condition wherein the transponder is fully operative from a power down condition where only selected parts of the transponder are operative.
  • TX1 transmission means
  • each transponder includes means for detecting the interrogator signal comprising a phase locked loop for demodulating the interrogator signal to provide a data signal (DATA) representing the data modulated on the carrier signal and a check signal (CLOCK
  • the advantage of providing a continuous carrier signal which is modulated in phase so as to carry data is that the carrier signal is not at a zero value for any period of time. This is in contrast to for example an amplitude modulation system where the carrier signal may be reduced in amplitude to such a level by data modulation, interferance, or effects of movement of the transponder in the interrogation field that the carrier signal may not be properly detected.
  • the advantage of this arrangement Dis that a continuous carrier detect signal which is operative to switch on circuitry of the transponder from a quiescent condition is always at a positive value and does not go to a zero condition upon absence of the carrier signal in which case the circuitry of the transponder may go to a power down condition and the correct operation of the transponder may be interfered with.
  • the message area typically consists of 64 to 128 bits, divided into bytes which contain data and error correction bits.
  • the control area typically contains one byte of information which is used by the transponder to accept inst.ructions from the interrogator ("up link").
  • the instruction area is not used by the transponder in communicating with the interrogator ("down link") but is sent as a blank (i.e. all zeros + parity).
  • the synchronising word is used to define the start. of the message in each case and is also used to set the demodulators in the transponder and the interrogator unit to produce data of the correct phase.
  • the interrogator comprises a control unit 10 comprising comparator logic 12, output data register 14, a main memory 16. a CPL 18 and an input data register 20.
  • the interrogator comprises a transmitter TX1 and a receiver RX1.
  • the transmitter TXI is provided with a signal from a source 22 at 132 Khz. This serves as an interrogation signal and in normal circumstances provides a continuous unmodulated signal detectable by a transponder at a rang ⁇ of about 1 metre around the interrogator.
  • Transmitter TX1 includes a phase modulator of conventional type for modulating the phase encoded signal onto the carrier signal.
  • a receiver RX1 is provided tuned to a frequency of 66 Khz and including a phase demodulator of conventional type for demodulating data carried on the carrier wave received by receiver RX1.
  • Such data is fed from a data input buffer 20 into a comparator unit 12 for performing predetermined operations.
  • the transponder circuit comprises a receiver 30 comprising a ferrite-cored inductor L1 and tuning capacitor C1, designed to produce a parallel resonant circuit with a centre frequency of 132 Khz.
  • This circuit receives the signal sent to the transponder by the interrogator, when the transponder is inductively coupled to the interrogator.
  • a capacitor C2 AC couples the receiver 30 to an amplifier 32, and amplifier 32 provides voltage gain which amplifies the signal to produce a logic level signal at the output of the amplifier, of about 250 millivolts peak to peak which is sufficient to actuate transistor circuits in the next stage of the transponder circuit.
  • the next stage of the transponder circuit comprises a demodulator 34.
  • phase sensitive detector which is shown in more detail in Figure 4 which operates to demodulate the phase encoded signals sent to the transponder by the interrogator.
  • the demodulator as shown comprises a phase locked loop 40 having a phase comparator 42, a filter 44 and a voltage controlled oscillator 46 connected in the conventional arrangement so that the output V 0 of the phase comparator 42 is supplied as an input to voltage control oscila or 46.
  • the oscillator provides a signal F' at a frequency nominally equal to the input frequency of 132 Khz but ajust- ed so as to be at 90° in phase difference to input signal.
  • phase locked loops provides a demodulated signal V 0 which comprises the modulated signal present in the input signal.
  • Signal V 0 is then applied via filter 44 to a demodulator circuit 48 which as shown comprises an exclusive OR gate.
  • the input signal IN is applied to the other input of the exclusive OR gate.
  • the exclusive OR gate is operative to remove the modulating signal and provide at the output only the carrier signal.
  • the carrier signal is shown as signal C and is used to provide a basic clock signal C.
  • the input signal IN is fed via an amplifier 47 to an output D1 and is integrated by an external integrator 38 comprising resistor R 1 and capacitor C 3 .
  • the output of the integrator is connected to the demodulator at pin D2 and a buffer stage 49 in the demodulator squares the signal at the D2 to produce a clean logic signal at pin D3.
  • This is connected to CPU 50 via input pin CD, and may be regarded as a carrier detect signal.
  • the central processing unit is shown in more detail in Figure 5 as comprising a data register 52 connected to a signal data/address bus 54 to which the remaining units shown of the CPU unit are connected.
  • These units comprise a count register COUNT 53, an accumulator 56, a first register 58 and a second register 60 connected to respective inputs of an arithmetic logic unit 62, the output of which is connected to the bus 54, an instruction register 64, a program counter 66, a random access memory address unit 69, RAM 70, a ROM address unit 72 and a ROM 74 whose output is connected to the bus 54.
  • a data output buffer 76 is provided.
  • This central processing unit is fabricated as a CMOS single chip and has an integral oscillator circuit whose frequency of operation is determined by an external ceramic resonator element XI, which is chosen to have a resonant frequency of about 2.5 MHz.
  • the function of the CPU is to control the operation of the transponder, but the device is completely passive in the absence of the signal detected by the receiver 30. Instructions and data are held in the ROM and RAM of the CPU, which affects the behaviour of the transponder and affords the transponder the ability to uniquely identify itself to the interrogator and also to know when the interrogator is transmitting a message specific to it.
  • the precise method of operation of the CPU unit will be described in detail with reference to the precise operations which are carried out as described below.
  • the CPU receives signals from the demodulator on input pins CD and DI, to input buffer 52.
  • Count register 53 receives clock signals on input pin IN.
  • CD may be regarded as a carrier detect signal which is high in the presence of a carrier signal
  • DI is the demodulated data elicited from the phase encoded received signals
  • IN is an input for the carrier wave frequency clock.
  • the carrier wave cycles are counted by the CPU by means of the count register 53.
  • This is an up-counter which generates an overflow signal to the CPU which is synchronised to a predetermined subdivision of the input carrier frequency, so that the CPU can cause events to occur that are in synchronism with the input carrier frequency rather than the local internal clock of the CPU whose frequency is determined by the ceramic resonator element X1.
  • the CPU controls a divider 80 and a modulator 82.
  • the divider 80 is a circuit that divides a clock signal present at the output C of the demodulator 34 by 2.
  • the divider derives the retransmission carrier signal which is half the interrogator signal.
  • the divider action is enabled or disenabled by the logic signal on input pin R which is connected to output pin En of the CPU.
  • the advantage of having the transmission signal of the transponder related to the interrogator signal is that a phase coherent signal is provided, coherent with the interrogator signal.
  • phase varisation, jitter etc. which is present in the interrogator signal is also present in the transponder signal and this ensures synchronization of operation in the interrogator circuits which receive signals transmitted by the transponders.
  • This is important since where a number of transponders are present, since if the frequency of their transmission signals were slightly different, the interrogator would have difficulty in synchronizing with the various transponder signals.
  • this problem is avoided. This problem is naturally greater when a large number of contiguous data bits are to be transmitted by the transponders.
  • Register COUNT As mentioned above the carrier wave cycles are counted in Register COUNT.
  • the counting operation is performed by logic in the CPU and the register COUNT accumulates 16 cycles of the input carrier signal. Every time the register counts up to 16 it is reset thereby providing an output frequency which is supplied to output buffer 76.
  • Data from RAM 70 which is to be transmitted is supplied to buffer 76 at a rate determined by register COUNT in accordance with a subroutine stored in ROM 74. Thus a data rate of 8250 bits per second is present at output buffer DO.
  • the advantage of having an output buffer rate in synchronism with the input signal is that as described above the output signal is in synchronism with the input signal.
  • the output signal DO is provided to modulator 82.
  • the modulator 82 comprises an exclusive OR logic gate having two inputs, one input being connected to the divider 80 and the other input to the data output buffer of the CPU. The function of this circuit is to produce 180° phase modulated output signal switched between 0 and 180° by the logic signal present on output signal DO of the CPU, the phase angle being measured with respect to the unmodulated input signal.
  • the modulator circuit is obviously simple on account of the simple modulator method employed.
  • the transmitter 84 comprises a ferrite core inductor L2 and capacitors C4 and C5 and is designed to produce a resonant circuit with a centre frequency of 66 Khz equal to half the centre frequency of the receiver.
  • the circuit provides the transponder with a means for transmission of signals which are to be detected by the interrogator.
  • the circuit is designed to develop a voltage across inductor L2 that is about four times the magnitude of the supply voltage available from the battery 86.
  • the battery 86 is a lithium cell having a nominal open circuit voltage of 2.95 volts. This provides quiescent power required by the transponder in the absence of an input signal for the data in RAM 76 for the amplifier 32 and the demodulator 34.
  • the CPU is normally in a power down condition, but when it detects the presence of the carrier detect signal CD provided by demodulator 34 it is operative to switch on its internal circuits. This is affected by means of a complex logic structure internal to the CPU which continuously monitors the CD input whilst the CPU is in the power down condition, when the major sections of the circuitry of the CPU, especially the clock circuit associated with the external ceramic resonator element X1, are all completely static. An active signal detected on the CPU input causes the CPU to restart its operations from the quiescent state.
  • the amplifier 32, demodulator 34, divider 80 and modulator 82 may be embodied in one or possibly two standard CMOS integrated circuits. It is also possible for the CPU to be integrated on the same circuit so as to provide a single silicon chip.
  • the transmitter TX1 of the interrogator operates in standby mode transmitting an unmodulated carrier signal at a frequency of 132 Khz.
  • each transponder detects the unmodulated signal.
  • this unmodulated signal is detected in the demodulator 34 to provide a carrier detect signal to the input buffer 52 of the CPU.
  • Logic in the CPU is designed to constantly monitor the signal on the CD input pin and when it detects the presence of the input carrier signal at. this pin it begins to count cycles of the carrier signal present at the IN pin on register COUNT.
  • the CPU enables the phase locked loop demodulator by means of a signal E from output DE in output buffer 76.
  • the CPU on detecting the input carrier signal which is unmodulated and thus no input data is present at input D1 undergoes a subroutine of operation where it transmits from RAM 70 data concerning its identity. This data is stored on PAGE 0 of RAM 70. This data is sent one bit at a time in synchronism with the data output clock provided by register COUNT for modulation at modulator 82.
  • the interrogator detects the message which is received from the transponder modulated on the signal of 66 Khz. This signal is received in receiver RX1 and demodulated by a suitable demodulator present in receiver RX1 (which may comprise a phase locked loop).
  • receiver RX1 which may comprise a phase locked loop.
  • the rogator is shown in Figure 1 as comprising header bytes of SYNC and CONTROL information and the interrogator CPU18 looks for the synchronizing word in the message and then processes the information bit by bit. It examines error correction information contained at the end of the message and attempts to reconstruct the error free message. If an error free message is successfully assembled in accordance with conventional computing techniques', the system immediately 'switches to the second mode of operation as shown 'in Figure 7. If after having received a plurality of cycles of information from the transponder, for example three cycles of information, an error free message is not successfully assembled, the system reverts to the second mode of operation by default.
  • Figure 7 is a flow chart representing mode 2 operation.
  • the transmitter TX1 of the interrogator is modulated to repeat back to the transponder the error corrected message it has received and to repeat this message bit by bit in synchronism with the transponder operation.
  • No instruction word is transmitted and the transponder is arranged so that in the event of receiving a correct synchronised repeat of the data stored in the transponder it will switch off the transmitter circuit in the transponder at the end of the error corrected message received from the interrogator.
  • the transmitter receives information in the data input buffer 20 and the CPU 18 is arranged to transmit this information to an output buffer 14 where it is used to modulate the carrier signal in transmitter TXI.
  • This carrier signal is transmitted to the transponder.
  • the transmitter as determined by its internal program stored in ROM at the time when it transmits its identification signal is programmed to receive from the interrogator a repeat message of the transmitted identification signal.
  • the transmitted signal and the received signal are compared by means of the registers 56, 58, 60 and the ALU 62 and when identity occurs a signal is generated to switch off the CPU and the remainder circuit of the transponder. This confirms to the interrogator that the received identification signal is correct, since the interrogator will receive no further identification signals at that particular time, hence the transponder is identified and therefore going to a power down condition.
  • the system has reverted to this mode by default it is because the computer 18 has been unable to assemble an error-free message from the data passed to it by the receiver RX1 of the interrogator. This may be because it is in a high noise environment but it is more likely to be caused by the presence in the interrogation field of more than one transponder. In this condition the computer 18 causes the transmitter TX1 to repeat back to the transponder bit by bit information detected at the receiver RX1.
  • the transponder is one of a plurality of transponders all simultaneously subjected to the interrogating signal, then at some point in the data stream, the information received by the transponder from the interrogator is not the same as that transmitted to the interrogator by the transponder i.e. the transponder may be transmitting a zero while it is received a one or vice versa. Under these conditions, the CPU within the transponder is arranged to:
  • FIG 8 shows flow charts for the interrogator and a transponder and is a mode which requires a specific instruction from the transmitter of the interrogator to the transponder.
  • the transmitter of the interrogator broadcasts a synchronising word which is recognised by a subroutine of the CPU and used to set up instruction register 64 in the transponder to receive a further word which is a behavioural command.
  • the receipt of any command word which is not a sequence of zeroes has the effect of switching off the transmitter within the transponder immediately by inhibiting operation of the divider 80 by application of the appropriate logic signal to the R pin on the divider via the output pin EN of the CPU, and placing the transponder in the 'listen mode'. Since this transmission is received by all transponders in the interrogation field, at that time every transponder is silenced.
  • the interrogator transmitter transmits to all the transponders in the interrogation field a data signal indicative of a known transponder on the assumption that that transponder is in the interrogation field. In other words, if known transponders are present each one can be polled.
  • the additional information is held in the transponder in three further pages PAGE 1,2,3 in RAM 76 which are called into transmission mode by a specific instruction received from the interrogator transmitter.
  • the specific instruction causes a specific transponder which has been identified by the recognition circuits used for the "polling" mode to respond by transmitting a data stream, comprising as many of the pages as are required.
  • the interrogator transmitter responds by repeating the information received synchronously bit by bit as in the mode represented by Figure 7. At the end of this sequence the transponder automatically reverts to "listen" mode when the comparison is successful.
  • the interrogator If the interrogator is unable to detect an error-free stream of information, it will call the transponder by repeating the specific instruction and the contents of the PAGE 0 until a satisfactory sequence is achieved.
  • Figure 10 shows the flow chart of a progamming mode in which a transponder is specifically identified by a repeat of the existing contents of PAGE 0 (even if this should be a series of zeroes or random ones and zeroes which would be the case before the transponder has been programmed for the first time).
  • the transponder reverts to the "listen” mode by the same logic used for the mode shown in Figure 7.
  • it is enabled for a "write" operation of the transponder memory at the beginning of the next data stream cycle from the interrogator.
  • the interrogation transmitter sends a particular instruction code and a fresh data stream bit by bit for storage in the transponder memory.
  • the interrogator transmitter sends the particular instruction code and the new data for the transponder memory bit by bit.
  • the particular instruction code is removed, which causes the transponder to repeat back to the interrogator the new contents of its memory confirming that the programming has taken place.
  • the transponder reverts to the "listen" mode.
  • the transponder may contain more information than is stored for every interrogation, this information being held in one or more supporting pages which are called into transmission mode by a specific instruction from the interrogator transmitter.
  • Figure 11 shows the flow chart of how the supporting pages can have new data written into them.
  • the interrogator transmitter After identifying the transponder by repeating the known contents of PAGE 0, preceded by a specific instruction byte indicating that new data is to be input into a specific or every auxiliary page, the interrogator transmitter sends the data stream which is required to be loaded in the first of the additional pages. At the end of the sequence, the interrogator transmitter sends the appropriate instruction byte to the transponder so that the system will operate in the manner described in relation to Figure 9 and thus the transponder will repeat all the data in all its memory pages included that in PAGE 0 which has just been re-programmed.
  • a register is provided on RAM PAGE COUNTER which contains the number of the pages currently being allocated by the CPU. This is used in accordance with the instructions held in the instruction register 64 to det.ermine which page of RAM 70 is being processed.

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